I Am of Ireland: A Photographic Celebration

All I ask , said the ^ Princess, is that the man I marry shall be , handsome and clever and ' brave and kind . "Ridiculous!" cried the Emperor. "You ll be lucky if he s two of those things - but all four! You might as well say you d marry the man who brought you the Iron Lion of Ferdustan!" But the Princess insisted, and this is the story of what happened. Peter Dickinson has been much honoured for his children s books. Among other things, he is the only author to have won the Library Association s Carnegie Medal twice. This lively, funny story has found the best possible illustrator in Pauline Baynes, who has also received many distinctions in her work for children, including the Kate Greenaway Award.